China stock market unfazed by North Korea's latest nuclear test

North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, prompting the threat of a "massive" military response from the United States if it or its allies were threatened.
But Chinese equity markets, which have in the past largely ignored sabre rattling on the Korean peninsular, remained clam, underpinned by resource shares as commodity prices continue to surge.
Both the blue chip CSI300 index and the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.1 percent by the lunch break, to 3,835.10 points and 3,371.77... read more

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